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Games like $1 Ride

2016PC49 % positive

You race through space at warp speed, relying on quick reflexes and good timing to grab power-ups. Risk your fuel to pick up money and missiles along the way.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Fast pace
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Action-packed real-time combat

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In short: Games like $1 Ride

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes $1 Ride special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Alien Attack: In Space

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2016PC77 % positive

Brings what grabs you about $1 Ride: a sci-fi setting, vast, open spaces and a fast pace.

You play a lone space trooper stranded in enemy territory, surviving until your squad arrives. Killing enemies earns you bonuses that extend your life.

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Zotrix

Sci-fi setting

Zotrix brings the classic arcade space shooter into the modern era. You fight off alien attacks and between missions trade resources and upgrade a network of space stations.

Astrokill

Sci-fi setting

A space combat shooter where you fly ships from nimble interceptors to heavy gunships. You fight with machine guns, missiles and rail guns, and use a gravity shield that can turn enemy fire back on them.

Terminal Velocity

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A fast-paced 1995 arcade flight combat shooter that favors simple controls and intense dogfights over realistic flight simulation. You blast through futuristic landscapes in sci-fi jets, shooting down everything in your path.

Strikers 1945

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

You fly a plane through waves of enemies and bullets in an alternate postwar world full of mechs and rockets. It rewards quick reflexes, dodging and collecting power-ups.

Circuit Breakers

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

An action racing-shooter hybrid where you blast through a robot army in a huge manufacturing plant using powerful weapons, combos and upgrades.

Happy Room

Linear, curated structure

You run weapon tests in an absurd laboratory on sturdy human clones, aiming to get through each test. The blend of simulation and dark humor is what makes it stand out.

Super Thunder Blade

Gameplay comes before story

You pilot an attack helicopter over pseudo-3D terrain and blast through waves of enemies. Its appeal is fast, direct shooting and dodging, bringing a slice of arcade action to the Mega Drive.

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